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-====== Neooffice ======
+====== NeoOffice ======
-[[http://www.neooffice.org|Neooffice]] is a fork of openoffice, build to run natively on aqua on a mac. NeoOffice adapts OpenOffice.org code((Url: [[http://neowiki.sixthcrusade.com/index.php/NeoJInfo]])) that uses the X11 windowing system and it then takes advantage of Mac OS X's cool Java integration to tap into the traditional Macintosh user-interface elements.\\ \\ Description below is based on the following system:
+[[http://www.neooffice.org|NeoOffice]] is a fork of openoffice, build to run natively on aqua on a Mac. NeoOffice adapts OpenOffice.org code that uses the X11 windowing system and it then takes advantage of Mac OS X's cool Java integration to tap into the traditional Macintosh user-interface elements.
-  * Mac OS X 10.4.11 (2008-03-22)
-  * Neooffice 2.22
-  * Java options in 'Preferences...': Use a Java runtime environment (Listed are Apple JRE: 1.5.0_13 and 1.4.2_16) enabled)
-  * Keyboard-layout: MacBook Pro with English/US keyboard layout
-In order to understand the mac key-nomenclature, the following can be helpful:
-^ Symbol ^ Key ^ Note ^
-| ⇧((This ⇧ key should appear as an arrow pointing upwards, however I use Firefox and see a strange T-like character, which is not correct))  | Shift  | This key can be helpful for selecting text **in combination with other navigating keys**  |
-| alt\\ ⌥  | Alt or option  | Mac typical use: advancing cursor to next/previous word  |
-|  ⌘  | Apple or command  | Mac typical use: advancing cursor to beginning and end of line  |
-| fn  | Function  | |
-| ◀ home  | Right cursor key  | Right|
-| end ▶  | Left cursor key  | Left|
-| <-  | Backspace  | E.g. to delete a character, use [fn + <-]  |
 ===== Issues =====
-There are a few minor issues, which can be corrected easily in order to improve some 'features':
+When working with NeoOffice one may experience some 'features' a bit inconvenient. The features one may encounter are:
-  * Prevent 'Microsoft-typical' behavior in neooffice to start up with an empty text document, so you could type right away. This is unnecessary behavior if you only wanted to use the spreadsheet for some calculations. See the NeoOfficeforum for a solution [[http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3660]]
+  * Some standard Mac osx commands for cursor movement like **⌘▶** (command + right) to jump to the end of a line or **⌥▶** (option + right) to advance to the next word doesn't work as expected. See [[software:neooffice:keyboard_navigating_shortcuts|keyboard navigating shortcuts]] for a solution.
-  * Some standard Mac osx commands for cursor movement like **⌘▶** to jump to the end of a line or **⌥▶** to advance to the next word doesn't work as expected. The reason for this difference is due to the [[http://gsl.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=11004|unwillingness of OpenOffice.org engineers to accept a patch to allow Option (and Alt on Windows and Meta on Solaris) to be used as a modifier key]]((See URL: http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts)). There is however a solution to let it resemble more the standard mac user-interface. See below for instructions how this can be realized.
+  * NeoOffice has some 'Microsoft-typical' behavior in which it starts up with an empty text document, so you could type right away. For most users this is probably very convenient, however this is unnecessary  if one only wanted to use the spreadsheet and not the writer. See the NeoOfficeforum for a solution in this: [[http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=3660]]
-===== Solution =====
-The current version of neooffice with which this solution works is 2.22. Basically some **System Preferences...** settings in OS X must be changed to add additional Application Keyboard Shortcuts and additional keystrokes and some changes must be done in Neooffice to change some cursor navigating functions as well as add custom cursor navigating functions in a menu.
-==== Shortcuts for cursor movement ====
-In order to assign the proper shortcut for the cursor movement to jump to the beginning and end of line ⌘◀ and ⌘▶), we must change these shortcut keys in **Writer** with the **Keyboard** tab in the **customize...** option in the **tools** menu. Mind that (1) it holds already the functions 'To Word Left' and 'To Word Right', which functionality we want move to the alt (⌥) key and (2) the modifier for the alt (⌥) key is not available in neooffice. We will deal with that later. For now, perform the following steps((From the NeoOffice Wiki:\\ [[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts]])):
-| **Navigating to begin and end of line**\\ 1. Open the Customize dialogue. (choose **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu.)\\ 2. Click on the **Keyboard** tab.\\ 3. Make sure that the radio button for **Writer** (on the top right of the dialogue box) is selected.\\ **4.** In the **Category** list (in the **Functions** section), choose **Navigate**.\\ **5.** In the Function list, choose **To Line Begin**.\\ **6.** In the **Shortcut keys** list (on the top left), choose **⌘Left**.\\ **7.** Click on the **Modify** button (in the top right of the dialogue)((Remove as well **Home**)).\\ 8. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⌘Right** into **To End of Line**.\\ 9. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⇧⌘Left** into **Select to Begin of Line**((Remove as well **⇧Home**)).\\ 10. Repeat steps 4 to 7 to change the definition of **⇧⌘Right** into **Select to End of Line**((Remove as well **⇧End**)).\\ 11. Click on OK to assign these new shortcuts.  |
-First make sure you set the proper Java Runtime Environment (JRE) as prerequisite in order to use the ⌥ key for navigating to words (([[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/Troubleshooting_Tips#Check_for_shortcuts_used_by_Mac_OS_X|JRE 1.5 has a bug, not recognizing the ⌥ key]])). NeoOffice should have JRE 1.4 enabled instead of JRE 1.5. Make sure you enable this, otherwise it will not work.((In JRE 1.5 the shortcut to the menu option seems to be selected, because the menu shortly flashes, but after that the expected action does not follow.))
-| **Enabling JRE 1.4 in Neoofice**\\ 1. In Neooffice, select Preferences...\\ 2. Open the NeoOffice branch, select Java.\\ Make sure 'Use a Java runtime environment' is enabled.\\ Click on the small circle at the line with version 1.4 (1.4.2_16). \\ Click on OK. \\ NeoOffice must be restarted.  |
-The workaround for navigating to words is to add these navigating functions to a menu in NeoOffice and then use the Application Keyboard Shortcuts in the Keyboard & Mouse option in the System Preferences to set the proper shortcut((Please see previous remark about selecting the proper Java Runtime Environment)).
-| **Adding functions to a menu**\\ 1. In Neooffice open the Customize dialogue. (choose **Customize…** from the **Tools** menu.)\\ 2. Click on the **Menus** tab.\\ 3. Select in NeoOffice Writer Menus the Menu **Edit**.\\ **4.** Click on the **Add...** button.\\ **5.** Select **Navigate** in the Category list and **To Word Left** in the Commands list.\\ **6.** Click on **Add**.\\ 7. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **To Word Right**  to the edit menu.\\ 8. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **Select to Begin of Word** to the edit menu.\\ 9. Repeat steps 4 to 6 to add **Select to Word Right** to the edit menu.\\ 10. Click on the **Close** button.\\ 11. For aesthetic reasons, select each of the four entries and move them with the down arrow to the bottom of this edit menu list. (If you like, you may add a horizontal ruler to this menu, by placing your cursor at the item just before the four newly added functions and click on Modify->Begin a Group)\\ 12. Click on OK.  |
-Quit NeoOffice((Alternatively it should be restarted after the modifications in the System Preferences)). Now manually add shortcuts to these newly added menu functions in the System Preferences((See also [[http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_Menu_and_Keyboard_Shortcuts|Using System Preferences to add additional keystrokes]])).
-| **Adding custom keyboard shortcuts**\\ 1. Open the **Keyboard & Mouse** pane of the System Preferences and click on the **Keyboard Shortcuts** tab.\\ **2.** (Scroll down to the bottom) and click on the **Application Keyboard Shortcuts** item, and then the + button at the bottom left.\\ **3.** Select **NeoOffice.app** as Application.\\ **4.** Enter exactly in the Menu Title **To Word Left**.\\ **5.** Enter in Keyboard Shortcut the more common shortcut **⌥◀** (alt + left).\\ 6. Click on Add.\\ 7. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **To Word Right** with shortcut **⌥▶** (alt + right).\\ 8. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **Select to Begin of Word** with shortcut **⌥⇧◀** (alt + shift + left).\\ 9. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to add Menu Title **Select to Word Right** with shortcut **⌥⇧▶** (alt + shift + right).\\ 10. Close the **Keyboard & Mouse** pane.  |
-Open NeoOffice, check in the Edit menu whether each navigate function has the proper assigned shortcut.

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